The Ogre

Based On the book by Michel Tournier

The Ogre (German: Der Unhold; French: Le roi des aulnes) is a 1996 war drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and written by Schlöndorff and Jean-Claude Carrière. It is based on Michel Tournier's 1970 novel The Erl-King. The film stars John Malkovich as Abel Tiffauges, a childlike French mechanic whose fascination with children and animals leads him, during the Second World War, from French civilian life to a Nazi elite school in East Prussia. The cast also includes Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gottfried John, Marianne Sägebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Dieter Laser and Agnès Soral.

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Release date:

September 12, 1996

Director:

Volker Schlöndorff

Cast:

John Malkovich, Agnès Soral, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Dieter Laser, Gottfried John

Genre:

Drama, War

Country:

France, United Kingdom, Germany

Language:

English

Year page:

1996 in adaptations